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if its protrusion is less than 4 cubits, it is deemed a side post that renders it permitted to carry in the alleyway, and no other side post is required to render it permitted. However, if it protrudes 4 cubits, that section is deemed an alleyway, and another side post is required to render it per
The Talmud poses a question: That side post, which is added in order to permit carrying within the alleyway that was formed by the 4-cubit side post, where does one position it such that one may carry within the alleyway? The Talmud clarifies its difficulty: If one positions it alongside the first
Rav Pappa said: He should position it, the extra side post, on the other side of the alleyway, near the opposite wall. Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehoshua, said: Even if you say that he positions it alongside the first side post, it is valid, so long as he adds to it or diminishes from it in thickness or
The Talmud limits the application of Rami bar Ḥama’s ruling: Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehoshua, said: We stated this halakha with regard to a side post protruding 4 cubits into the alleyway only in the case of an alleyway that is at least 8 cubits wide. However, in the case of an alleyway that is only 7
And this is derived by means of an a fortiori inference from a courtyard: Just as in a courtyard, which is not rendered a permitted domain by means of a side post or a cross beam, but actual partitions are required, it is nevertheless rendered a permitted domain even if there are gaps in the partit